Proserpine, by Augustine

Proserpine

by Augustine

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Sharoyko Andrey I really like the mood of this song, the combination of guitar and vocals, and the great bass line. This song touches my soul very much. Thanks! Favorite track: Tower Stones.

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It contains 13 tracks, including the two singles 'Pagan' and 'Anemones' (see videos on YouTube).

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The cover photo by Francesco Capponi was taken with an authentic Victorian view-camera.
Artwork by Sara Baggini and Antonio Rossi.
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1.	Tower Stones 03:29	lyrics	buy track
TOWER STONES Foolish under my evil star I sit here thinking How did I get here? Maybe it’s been just a bad start And I can still make up For my mistakes You lured me Then threw me aside in the rain And told me I was a dangerous maid That’s what you said From the tower stones The peregrine shook its feathers From the tower stones The peregrine did not hunt Sure I’ve always lacked of balance You bought me and locked me Inside a hall of your palace Forlorn in front of the tower I can peep at the falcons Through the loophole If I cower From the tower stones The peregrine looking for the prey From the tower stones The peregrine chose the one
2.	Pomegranate 04:02	lyrics	buy track
POMEGRANATE Once you taste, you’ll be chained There’s nothing else on Earth I’ve ever learnt Just one step, no way back There’s no return No return from here I guess we shouldn’t have come here I guess we should have let our love undone – Pomegranate We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate Ruby red, relentless Down my throat Straight down to my bones Holy grain, seed of pain There’s nothing more Nothing more than this We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate What’s that supposed plenty? What was deep getting all empty We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate We should have let our love undone – Pomegranate
3.	Response of the Oracle 04:07	lyrics	buy track
RESPONSE OF THE ORACLE Can I free myself from slavery? – You can’t Should I find a common job? – You can’t Can I create one of my own? – You can’t What about the music instead? – You can’t Will I ever earn some money? – You can’t Will I build a house for myself? – You can’t Will I have a child of my own? – You can’t What about marriage and the rest? – You can’t Because I can’t From the mind to the details Ever nothing Simply nothing Can I heal this malady? – You can’t Can I have support from some friends? – You can’t Can I yield to love at least? – You can’t Can I finally yield to death? – You can’t Because I can’t From the mind to the details Ever nothing I simply can’t From the mind to the details Ever nothing Ever nothing
4.	Fanny, They Killed Me 03:11	lyrics	buy track
FANNY, THEY KILLED ME Fanny, they killed me There’s blood on the floor I did scream, but none heard me None came to the door Fanny, they killed me And concealed my corpse I called out but nothing occurred Or just wanted to occur Fanny, they killed me They’ve been following me For nights and days None believed me I knew they wouldn’t come Until I was alone Till I was alone Will they believe me now? Will they believe me Instead of stating I wasn’t found? Will they believe me, oh? Fanny, they killed me You know what I mean Is it fancy, is it real It is murder indeed Fanny, they killed me They leapt out of the dark And shot one by one None believed me When I said it would happen One of these days One of these days One of these days One of these days Fanny, they killed me Fanny, they killed me They killed me, they killed me They killed me, they killed me
5.	Pagan 03:35	lyrics	buy track
PAGAN Strange the unknown Unreal and pagan Some sort of déjà vu Into the unknown Unreal and pagan Vision or déjà vu No more light of the day – But I still care for myself – Nor even rising of days – Yet I do care for myself – Strange the unknown Unreal and pagan Some sort of déjà vu Into the unknown Unreal and pagan Vision or déjà vu No more light of the day – And I don’t care for myself – No more rising of days – Well, I don’t care for myself – Strange the unknown Unreal and pagan Some sort of déjà vu Into the unknown Unreal and pagan Vision or déjà vu There stands my body Stranger, little worm It stands by me A stranger, little worm
6.	The Dark Place 05:28	lyrics	buy track
THE DARK PLACE Honey, you can’t get me Out of this place No honey, you can’t touch me Within this space – oh Wherever you may take me I’m always there Well, you see me stand right here But I’m still in there From infant groans To the death blow Guardian of fears My profession – The impossible I just want you to see That I live in a dark place I live in a damned place It is cursed where I collect pearls Bloody and burst It is cursed where I collect pearls Bloody and burst Far in my soul Mysteries grow, grow, grow, grow Rooting in here And miracles – That’s what I work I just want to make clear I live in a dark place I live in a damned place It is cursed – here I collect pearls Bloody and burst It is cursed – here I collect pearls Bloody and burst And I live in a dark place I live in a damned place
7.	Moments of Pleasure and Joy 03:30	lyrics	buy track
MOMENTS OF PLEASURE AND JOY Moments of pleasure, moments of joy What is the evil deep inside me? Moments of pleasure, moments of joy Is this the evil deep inside me? Moments of pleasure, moments of joy What is the evil deep inside you? Inside you I do not dare to guess Oh god above, set me free Oh god above, set me free Oh god above, set me free Oh god above, set me free
8.	How To Cut Your Veins Correctly 04:45	lyrics	buy track
HOW TO CUT YOUR VEINS CORRECTLY Keep me away from blades today Keep me away from knives tonight I’m going to pieces And I’m still alive Just keep me away from blades today Just keep me away from knives tonight ‘Cause I want blood And it will be mine, if it is not yours How to cut your veins correctly How to cut your veins correctly This is how and this is when – properly It’s safe and quick and it is for free Keep me away from blades today Just keep me away from knives tonight ‘Cause I want blood, I want blood, I want blood And it will be mine, since it is not yours This is how to cut your veins correctly How to cut your veins correctly This is how and this is when – properly It’s safe and quick and it’s for free How to cut your veins, how to cut your veins Correctly, correctly, correctly
9.	Good News 04:25	lyrics	buy track
GOOD NEWS Lonely in a house Lonely in a house I have been waiting I’ve just been waiting For some good news Years are passing by Years are passing by And nothing changes Nothing’s ever changed Not any good news Bring me back the signs Bring me back the signs I used to find Once I used to find Bring me good news Once I was a star Once I was a star Now I’m just fought off Now I’m just fought off By the bad news There’s a hex on me There’s a hex on me And on my loved ones And from my loved ones Only bad news Here’s the state of mind Here’s the state of mind That I fell into I just keep falling, falling Never good news
10.	Adonis 04:18	lyrics	buy track
ADONIS On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire I’m restless and fear All kinds of you desire On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire Body of unhuman beauty How can you be so divine, Believe in such good? Pleasure, heavenly plenty How can you be so divine, Believe in such good? Adonis Adonis On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire On and on – You’re steady While I’m restless and fear All kinds of your desire Body of unhuman beauty You make me seize the divine, Believe in such good Pleasure, heavenly plenty You make me seize the divine, Believe in such good Adonis Adonis So I’ll gather some flowers As I always used to This time I’ll keep in mind They’re small pieces of you
11.	Anemones 05:47	lyrics	buy track
ANEMONES Tick-tock – I hide in here I’ve got something to say And nobody to hear I’ve got small inner rises I confide To the wind Tick-tock – Then you come in I’ve got motions inside me But I can hardly feel I got used to be alone I can’t recall What’s worth living It’s just the way you enfold me, maybe Perhaps the way you can smile to me Tick-tock – It’s you again I’ve got too many troubles That I can’t forget I’ve got nothing around me But few things I regret What’s worth living? It’s just the way you enfold me, maybe Perhaps the way you can smile to me Anemones – You brought me Anemones – Purple and white Anemones – You left me Anemones – Lain on the grass Dreaming on Tick-tock – And I am dead I’ve got flowering pools of blood Beneath veins of glass I’ve got stones and mire And a river to dive What’s worth living? Anemones – A black heart Anemones – Just like mine Anemones – Swear Anemones – Hold the answer Hold the answer
12.	Deep, so Deep 04:32	lyrics	buy track
DEEP, SO DEEP Deep, so deep Is the bottom of the blue sea Dark, so dark Gets the water diving so far You have no idea Of the depths that I go And you have no idea How much it costs Deep, so deep Are the abysses of the sea Dark, so dark Is the secret cave of my heart You have no idea I didn’t ask to be born And you have no idea I’ve the right to oppose Deep, so deep Is the hidden wound within me Sharp, so sharp Is the iron tip of your dart You have no idea How deeply you hit me And you have no idea How it hurts
13.	My Love Speaks Flowers 03:11	lyrics	buy track
MY LOVE SPEAKS FLOWERS My love speaks flowers Out of his mouth of gold And in the morning hours It brings blossoms to my soul My love turns into diamonds Each thing his hands can hold And when my skin is cradled It becomes mother-of-pearl I fall asleep – fall asleep Like under his spell My love radiates around him A sort of godlike might And as his body joins mine My womb is filled up with light I fall asleep – fall asleep In haunting dreams Haunting dreams Like under his spell My love speaks flowers Out of his mouth of gold And in the evening hours It brings peace into my soul It brings peace into my soul It brings peace into my soul

about

In this new album I put myself in the place of the Latin goddess of the afterlife, Proserpine.

The intimately suffered autobiographic cue is transcended up to touching more profound and unfathomable occult realities.
The album is an introspective journey, a symbolic fall into Hades, a psychological death with its little rebirths, within which the musical narration mirrors the myth.

Sonorities, musically oriented towards Dark Folk, reflect the thematic contents. The result is a dark, lysergic and oneiric atmosphere, sometimes illuminated by a fugitive flash of light.

credits

released April 16, 2021

All songs by Augustine (Sara Baggini).
Produced, mixed and mastered by Fabio Ripanucci, Sara Baggini and Daniele Rotella at La Cura Dischi (Perugia, Italy).
Published by I Dischi del Minollo.
Distributed by Audioglobe and CD Baby.

Sara Baggini: vocals, guitar, bass, rhodes piano, keyboards, synths, stomp-box, percussions and drum machine.
Fabio Ripanucci: additional guitars on tracks 4 and 7, rhodes piano, keyboards, moog, percussions and drum machine.
Daniele Rotella: bass on track 1 and percussions on track 2.
Massimo Margaritelli: bass on tracks 4 and 7.
Niccolò Franchi: snare on track 5 and drums on tracks 7, 8 and 10.
Francesco Federici: toms on track 2.

Cover photo by Francesco Capponi.
Ceramic pomegranate by Maria Diletta Rondoni.
Artwork by Sara Baggini and Antonio Rossi.

℗ 2021.

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Augustine Italy

Sara Baggini is an Italian songwriter. The name ’Augustine’ is taken from the hysterical woman protagonist of Georges Didi- Huberman’s essay 'Invention of Hysteria'. The condition of hysteria is assumed as paradigm of the artistic work, bonded to a complex feminine sensitivity.
Releases:
2010: album 'One Thin Line'.
2018: 'Grief And Desire'.
2021: 'Proserpine'. ... more

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